States / New York

New York

81%

Population of State Living in Coastal Areas

$566 Billion

Coastal Employment
Annual Wages

26

Climate and Weather Disasters
(Affecting New York 2010 to 2018)*

Coastal Demographics

Of the total population of approximately 19.7 million in New York, almost 16 million people live in coastal portions of the state.

Coastal Economy

Coastal New York employs approximately 7.5 million people annually, earning a total of over $566 billion. This equates to over $1.4 trillion in gross domestic product.

Natural Hazards

Five billion-dollar weather disasters affected New York in 2018—and a total of 26 affected the state between 2010 and 2018. In 2018 alone, multiple severe storms, dozens of tornadoes, and two powerful Nor’easters caused several billion dollars’ worth of damage to states along the east coast. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy—costing affected states over $72 billion, with New York and New Jersey seeing the largest extent of damages—caused the New York Stock Exchange to close for two consecutive business days, which last happened in 1888 due to a major winter storm.*

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Sources:

American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates (NOAA Data)

*Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (NOAA Website)

(All economic and demographic facts represent the latest data available [2015] and are regularly updated as new data become available)

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